Yesterday, September 23, Amnesty International released its seminal research report into the state of human rights in the Gambia in regard to the necessary legal and institutional reforms that were supposed to be made since the new Government of Adama Barrow took over. It is indeed disheartening to find in[Read More…]
Opinion
Njundu Drammeh: Child “discipline”, A Misconstrued Term?
We don’t teach or inculcate “discipline” by subjecting children to physical and humiliating punishments. We teach them violence; we teach them that “might is right”. We teach them hate/hatred. And in many instances, through constant “humiliating and degrading punishments”, romantically call “discipline”, we destroy their self esteem, self worth and[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: Gambia’s Public Officials: The Obstacle To National Development
Since independence in 1970, Gambian public officials have produced more poverty and deprivation than created wealth and opportunities for citizens. The evidence is with them already – in their census reports, poverty surveys, development evaluation reports and in the many other studies and surveys on income, housing, malnutrition, hunger, sanitation,[Read More…]